(Encyclopedia) Cheke, Sir JohnCheke, Sir Johnchēk [key], 1514–57, English scholar. As professor of Greek at Cambridge he taught Roger Ascham and later was tutor to Edward VI. A Protestant, he was…
(Encyclopedia) MethuenMethuenmĭth&oomacr;ˈən [key], town (1990 pop. 39,990), Essex co., NE Mass., a suburb of Boston; settled c.1642, set off from Haverhill 1725. Methuen is industrial, and among…
(Encyclopedia) Benedetto da MajanoBenedetto da Majanobānādĕtˈtō dä mäyäˈnō [key], 1442–97. Italian sculptor and architect of the Florentine school. His pulpits, altarpieces, and other church…
PLATER, George, (father of Thomas Plater), a Delegate from Maryland; born in Sotterly, near Leonardtown, St. Marys County, Md., November 8, 1735; was graduated from the College of William and…
KEY, Philip, (cousin of Philip Barton Key and great-grandfather of Barnes Compton), a Representative from Maryland; born probably on his fatherâs estate near Leonardtown, St. Marys County,…
SAWYER, William, a Representative from Ohio; born in Montgomery County, Ohio, August 5, 1803; apprenticed to a blacksmith in 1818 and worked in Dayton, Ohio, and near Grand Rapids, Mich.;…
(Encyclopedia) Habash al-HasibHabash al-Hasibhäbäshˈ äl-häsēbˈ [key], d. c.870, Arab mathematician and astronomer. Habash al-Hasib was born in what is now Mary, Turkmenistan, and worked in Baghdad.…
(Encyclopedia) Fleming, Sir Alexander, 1881–1955, Scottish bacteriologist, discoverer of penicillin (1928) and lysozyme (1922), an antibacterial substance found in saliva and other body secretions.…
(Encyclopedia) Avalon Peninsula, 3,579 sq mi (9,270 sq km), SE N.L., Canada, on Newfoundland. It is nearly divided at its center by Conception Bay and St. Mary's Bay. The peninsula is the most…
(Encyclopedia) MiriamMiriammĭrˈēəm [key], in the Bible. 1 Sister of Moses and Aaron. After the crossing of the Sea of Reeds, she led the women in the song of Miriam. Later she sided with Aaron…
